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Background  Low copy repeats (LCRs) are thought to play an important role in recent gene evolution, especially when they facilitate gene duplications. Duplicate genes are fundamental to adaptive evolution, providing substrates for the development of new or shared gene functions. Moreover, silencing of duplicate genes can have an indirect effect on adaptive evolution by causing genomic relocation of functional genes. These changes are theorized to have been a major factor in speciation.    Results  Here we present a novel example showing functional gene relocation within a LCR. We characterize the genomic structure and gene content of eight related LCRs on human Chromosomes 7 and 12. Two members of a novel transmembrane gene family,  DPY19L , were identified in these regions, along with six transcribed pseudogenes. One of these genes,  DPY19L2 , is found on Chromosome 12 and is not syntenic with its mouse orthologue. Instead, the human locus syntenic to mouse  Dpy19l2  contains a pseudogene,  DPY19L2P1 . This indicates that the ancestral copy of this gene has been silenced, while the descendant copy has remained active. Thus, the functional copy of this gene has been relocated to a new genomic locus. We then describe the expansion and evolution of the  DPY19L  gene family from a single gene found in invertebrate animals. Ancient duplications have led to multiple homologues in different lineages, with three in fish, frogs and birds and four in mammals.    Conclusion  Our results show that the  DPY19L  family has expanded throughout the vertebrate lineage and has undergone recent primate-specific evolution within LCRs.

Duplication and relocation of the functional DPY19L2 gene within low copy repeats